Product Design with Integrated Foundation Year

Ready to bring your ideas to life? This Product Design degree in London enables you to explore ergonomics, aesthetics and sustainability to produce an industry-ready portfolio.

Why study this product design degree?
1. Learn to communicate your design work by building physical and digital prototypes, sketches, design documents, renders and pitch presentations
2. Join a cohort of multi-award-winning students
3. Strong industry links, live client projects and internships
4. Great staff to student ratio with unrivalled access to tutors
5. Gain industry-ready skills with our cutting-edge, open-access prototyping studios
6. Develop original ideas and deliver detailed designs ready for production
7. Learn to recognise opportunities for designing innovative products for the future.

In this hands-on Product Design course, you’ll use research and creative thinking to define problems, develop ideas, and create detailed designs ready for production.

You’ll study the full design process, from concept to production, covering ergonomics, aesthetics, usability, sustainability, and technology. You’ll also learn to communicate your designs through prototypes, sketches, and presentations.

Live projects with top brands will provide real-world experience, while our industry-active lecturers and state-of-the-art prototyping facilities offer valuable insights and tools. By graduation, you'll be ready to create innovative products and thrive in the design sector.

Integrated Foundation Year
Integrated Foundation Year on this course, you will be first introduced to the fundamental principles of design. Your foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your strengths, build confidence and prepare for the demands of project-based, industry-focused learning. Modules are as follows:

Module 1: Diagnostic exploration - making informed choices
Module 2: Technical - Technical knowledge in practice
Module 3: Specialist - Innovating specialist practice
Module 4: Integration - Integrated practice for progression to Higher Education

After you have completed your Integrated Foundation Year, you will study the following:

Year 1
Year 1 builds core skills in 2D and 3D design, user research, and the iterative design process - using current industry software. You'll develop your own approach to product design and begin shaping your contextual studies research.

Modules may include:
• Rave Beginnings



• Design & Make



• Fundamentals of Practice



• Interacting with Products (& Creative Coding)



• Inclusive Design



• Employability & Professionalism



Year 2
Year 2 deepens your understanding of the design process - from prototyping to materials and manufacturing. You'll collaborate on briefs with peers and gain hands-on experience through work-based learning in the design industry

Modules may include:
• Immersive Worlds



• Preparing for Industry



• Design for Manufacture



• Service Design



• Sustainable Packaging Design



• Live & Work-based Learning



Year 3
Final year centres on a self-directed major project for the Degree Show, alongside a collaborative brief, industry competitions, and a long-form dissertation. You'll graduate with a professional portfolio ready to take into the design industry.

Modules may include:
• Industry Collaboration



• Situating Practice



• Brand You



• Rave Futures



• Major Project



All modules are subject to revalidation.

Do you want to study in a top 3 student city in the world?* Unleash your creativity at Ravensbourne University London.

Located in London's Design District, Ravensbourne sits opposite the O2, next to Greenwich, and at the heart of the city's cutting-edge creative community. With London's impressive skyline and iconic river just opposite, you're bound to find inspiration all around.

Ravensbourne courses cover Architecture, Business, Computing and Games, Design, Fashion and Film, TV and Media. You'll experience live industry briefs and learn from those who are already excelling in their chosen industries, giving you connections and career confidence from the very start. You'll also have the opportunity to work alongside other specialisms as you will when you enter the workplace.

With spaces available through Clearing, you can join a unique community of makers and innovators this September.

* (QS Best Student Cities 2026)